“Frank’s Picks” is a monthly music column in which music journalist, author and radio producer Frank Matheis helps readers, through his personal recommendations, to find their way through the many concerts and performances that take place in Westchester County. Keep reading for Frank’s recommendations of where to go and what to hear in November…
Yonkers Film Festival (YoFiFest) presents its sixth annual celebration of film on November 2-11. The ten-day festival screens more than 150 films, from feature movies to student works. Focused showcases highlight films by women filmmakers, students, Westchester natives, members of the LGBT community and more. International and locally-made films provide…
ArtsFest returns on October 19-21 with a full calendar of art events and activities. The weekend-long festival, organized by New Rochelle Council on the Arts, will highlight more than thirty arts venues in the towns of New Rochelle and Pelham.
When the Erie Canal was opened in 1825, it fueled an era of prosperity that was ignited by the brick industry in cities and towns along the Hudson River. This industry is the subject of ArtsWestchester’s current exhibition, Brick by Brick: The Erie Canal & the Building Boom, which remains…
This October, local organizations and groups in Westchester will observe Hispanic Heritage Month, a nationwide celebration of the histories, traditions, cultures and contributions of Hispanic and Latino Americans whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America. Audiences of all ages will experience and embrace Hispanic culture through a diverse range of offerings, including live concerts, dance performances, hands-on workshops, films, children’s activities and more.
Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art has been a staple in the Westchester community for fifteen years. On October 13, it reopens its doors as Hudson Valley MOCA (or Hudson Valley Museum of Contemporary Art) with an expanded mission to bring world-class art to the region through community engagement and education…
With Sleepy Hollow right in its backyard, Historic Hudson Valley and its surrounding community embrace John Irving’s Legend of Sleepy Hollow novel with a series of annual Halloween-related events. New to this year’s lineup is The Unsilent Picture, an immersive theater experience that features an original commissioned black-and-white film that…
From Country Rock at Emelin Theatre to a premiere about Henri Matisse at Schoolhouse theatre, there is much to choose from coming up.
This month, several arts groups in Westchester independently explore the art of quilts and nontraditional processes for creating them. The Uncommon Threads exhibition at Westchester Community College Center for the Arts displays more than 50 non-traditional art quilts, which will remain on view through October 5. Exhibiting artists are all…
Film Center Relaunches Series in Memory of Jonathan Demme Jacob Burns Film Center (JBFC) has announced the relaunch and re-imagining of its “Rarely Seen Cinema” series. For twelve years, Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme hosted the series at Jacob Burns Film Center, which ended with Demme’s death in April 2017….
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